Netflix used its Annecy International Animation Film Festival platform on Wednesday to unveil a slate of high-profile initiatives, led by a primary take a look at Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn and new particulars on its upcoming Ghostbusters collection. The streamer additionally confirmed December launch dates for Ray Gunn and its Cannes animation acquisition In Waves, positioning each as potential Oscar contenders.
Ray Gunn, Chicken’s long-gestating noir sci-fi movie, will debut globally on Netflix on December 18. The movie, set in an alternate 1939 Metropia, follows personal eye Raymond Gunn as he investigates a case involving aliens, homicide, and a multimedia star named Venus Nova. Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits lead the voice forged, with Skydance Animation producing. Netflix revealed new photographs and Ray Gunn idea artwork at its presentation.
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Netflix additionally revealed a primary look of Ghostbusters: Night time Shift, a brand new animated TV collection set in 1994, on the Ghostbusters timeline between Ivan Reitman’s authentic movies from the Nineteen Eighties and the 2020s sequels, Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), directed by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan. Reitman, Kenan and Dan Aykroyd are govt producing the brand new collection. Netflix unveiled idea artwork for the collection, which guarantees a extra gritty, retro aesthetic and a mixture of franchise-specific humor and supernatural scares. Ghostbusters: Night time Shift is ready to ship in 2027.
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The streamer’s December awards push consists of In Waves, a browsing story about love and grief acquired out of Cannes, which can launch on December 11. Directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen and starring Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu, the movie adapts AJ Dungo’s graphic novel about a teen navigating love and loss. Netflix is positioning it alongside Ray Gunn as a key status play.
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On the extra industrial facet, Netflix additionally introduced Steps, a subversive Cinderella retelling from director Alyce Tzue and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions, which bows November 2. Voice expertise consists of Ali Wong and Amanda Seyfried.
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Different highlights from the Annecy presentation included a brand new teaser for The One Piece, the streamer’s upcoming anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s manga, set for a February 2027 launch. WIT Studio is producing the collection, which is promising a “fresh take” on the long-running franchise, separate from each Toei Animation’s authentic anime and Netflix’s one One Piece live-action series.
Netflix teased Ricky Gervais’ upcoming grownup animation comedy collection Alley Cats with a first-look picture. The present, which premieres August 7, follows a bunch of feral British cats navigating life’s absurdities.
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Netflix framed the bulletins as a part of its rising dominance in animation, citing 130 million month-to-month viewers and 1.5 billion anime views in 2025. The streamer’s current successes embrace KPop Demon Hunters, which gained two Oscars, and Ultraman: Rising, which took residence Youngsters and Household Emmys.
